Pasquotank County NcArchives News.....HAYCOCK-SPELLMAN HOUSE BUILT 1870 December 23, 2002
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THE DAILY ADVANCE December 23, 2002
BY ROBERT SHILES STAFF WRITER FOR THE DAILY ADVANCE.
ARTICLE APPEAR IN THE DAILY ADVANCE DECEMBER 23, 2002
  
   BUILT IN 1870 HOME BELONGED TO AFRICA AMERICAN RAILROAD WORKMAN.
         THE OLD ABANDONED, DETERIORATING HAYCOCK-SPELLMAN HOUSE WILL BE COMING
BACK TO LIFE THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF A LOCAL BUILDER AND THE ONGOING 
PRESERVATION EFFORTS OF THE ELIZABETH CITY HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
         THE HOUSE-BUILT IN 1870 AND LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC
PLACES- IS THE LAST BUILDING OF ITALIANATE STYLE ARCHITECTURE REMAINING IN 
ELIZABETH CITY, ACCORDING TO ECHNA'S PRESIDENT, IT IS ALSO HISTORICALLY 
SIGHNIGICANT TO THE LOCAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY, BECAUSE IT WAS FOR YEARS
THE HOME OF JACOB SPELLMAN AN AFRICA AMERICAN RAIL ROAD WORKMAN, AND HIS 
FAMLILY.
         MOVING THE HOUSE TO A NEW LOCATION AND RESTORING THE STRUCTURE THAT'S 
CURRENTLY IN SAD SHAPE. IT IS A WONDERFUL BEAUTIFUL HOUSE IF YOU CAN SEE THE 
BEAUTY THROUGH ALL THE YEARS OF NON-LOVED IT'S A GORGEOUSE,HOUSE. THE ENORMOUSE 
RESTORATION EXPENSE IT'S ESTIAMTED TO COST IN EXCESS OF $50.000 DOLLARS TO 
RELOCATE THE HISTORIC HOUSE.
         THE HAYCOCK-SPELLMAN HISTORIC HOUSE WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE BEFORE ALL
THE RESTORATION PROCESS COULD BE COMPLETED.

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